Railway-track.



No. 882,964. PATENTEDMAR. 24, 190s.

A. RAMBAGHBR.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9. 1906.

' 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

No. 882,964. PATENTED MAR. 24, 1908.

A. RAMBAGHER.

RAILWAY TRACK,

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9.1906.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3 ADAM RAMBACHER, or RosENHEIM, GERMANY RAILWAY-TRACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 24,4 1908i' Application filed August 9, 1906. .Serial No. 329,931.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ADAM RAMBACHER, citizen of Germany, residing at Rosenheim, Schanfeldstrasse 2, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailwayTracks; and I do hereby declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the'same.

This invention relatesto railway tracks and particularly to the rail and its supports.

The invention has for its object the prolongation of the life of the ties and rail and the regulation of the rail height to compensate for settling and the like.

The invention, as hereinafter more fully described, and as particularly ointed out inA the claims, will be clearly unc erstood from an inspection of the accompanying drawings, wherein are shown preferred and modified, embodiments-of the invention.'

ln the drawings Figure 1 'is a vertical sec'-l tion through a rail'support; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through atie provided with a support; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a modified form of support; Fig. 4. is a 4top plan of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, is a vertical section through the assembled rail and support;

Fig. 6 aside elevation o f Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section through a railI joint; Fig. 8 is a side elevation lof Fig.

9 and '10 are details of a rail clamp; Fig. 1l is a top plan of Fig. 9;- and Figs. 12,' and 1 3 are respectively a side elevation and' top plan of a rail and clamp.

The usual custom is to lay 'the rails directly upon the ties or upon iron plates resting upon the ties, securing the saine by spikes or bolts. Thus constructed the rail or plate speedily cuts into the tie under the influence of vibration consequent upon the operation of the road and frequent renewal of the ties is 'thereby necessitated. This injury to the tie is avoided according to `this invention, by forming a recess in that portion of the tie under-lying the rail, said recess being preferably of dove-tail form, and inserting there in a hard wood block a or a plurality of blocks a a?. This permits the employment of orossties which are themselves of wood not adapted to withstand the incessant vibrations of the rail and yet well adapted to withstand the ravages of the elements. It is also made possible to use crude unhewn or halfround ties as shown in Fig. 2. The beveled arrangement insures a vtight fit and the blocks may also be made slightly wedgeshaped longitudinally. Preferably this hard wood insert extends slightly above the upper surface of the tie and at right angles to the fiber or grain of the tie. Upon the top of the hard wood insert is referably'arrangedau metallic plate t, whidh' yfor the rail c.

Another disadvantage found in tracks as ordinarily constructed is that the uneven settlingfof thesarne requires continual care on the part of the trackrhen and a checking of the track by forcing the ballast under thek serves as a support ties at the sunken portion, thus disturbing i the integrity ofthe road bed as well as' requiring a surplus of ballast. To comensate for any inequalities in the heightof t e rails due to these causes, a wedgepiece d of vhard wood or metal is arranged between the plate-'b and the rail c at right angles to the latter. The' clamping plates e, engaging the foot ofthe rail and held in place by nuts upon bolts occu y a position just above the wedges d, whic are preferably arranged' in pairs, be-

tween the plate b and the clamp e on leach side of the bolt f. 4 If it is required to elevate the rail slightly the nuts are loosened on the bolt f and the wedges d driveninward, whereupon the nuts are again tightened. In this way, absolute accurac is attainedin the adjustment of the rail e ovation, while the ties are permitted to remain undisturbed to the enhancement of their stability and longevity. The track is thus constituted 'of the tie, the hard wood inserts, the metal plate, the wedges and the rail tied securely together by means of double bolts f holding the metal plate and the inserts-firmly' to the tie and the-rail in fixed relation to the Whole:

In Figs. 7 and 8 the invention is shown as ap lied particularly to the leveling 4ef theral ends,l to for'injoints. The two ties g g next adjacent the point of junction of'the rails, may be of wood or iron and areK connected by a `block in the form of a bridge- 71),'.

upon which is placed the metallic late bnto serve as a support for the ends of t e rails 0,1

the two wedges d being laced side by side one under the end of eac rail so that by a roper driving of the wedges the rails'may be brought to an absolute level. Thus the ends and any weakening of the same by the con"- cussions of the wheelsis avoided. The two ends of the rail will be connected in the usual of the rail are suspended upon thebridgeh manner by iish-plates m and the bridge h irons n.

' To avoid the lateral creep ofthe ra1ls upon the' ties, clamps/1'l and 7c are provided, as

shown in Figs. 9 to 11, which enga e'the foot of the rail and are connected by a olt o, the lower portion of the clamps t and 7c belng p rovided with flanges to engage the under-l ng plate.v This device revents creeping o the -rails and obviates t e expensive and disadvantageous boring of the rails for the recepspecial corrugations engagln tion'o bolts and spikes. Y

In Fi s. 12 .and 13 moreover 1s shown a germ of rail foot having Wave-like a correspondingly7 formed clamp by v'vhc longitudinales We l as lateral movement of the rail' is avoided.

Having thus f ully described the inven` tion, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by lLetters-PatentL of theUnited States isz- 1. In a railway track, the combination, with wood cross-ties provided with dovetailed' wedge-shaped recesses, 'hard Wood blocks driven therein, metal plates resting u on the blocks, rails supported by" the pates, and means securing the Whole together.

2. Ina railway track, the combination,

with cross-ties provided with recesses of dove-tailedcross section, hard wood blocks fitted therein andmetal lates resting upon the blocks, of rails, wedge members interposed between the rails and plates, and means for securing the whole together.

8. In arailway track, the combination, with cross-ties and blocks sup orted thereby, the ties'and blocks being of brous material with the liber lying in opposite directions,

,of rails, wooden wedge members interposed between the rails and blocks, and mean;- securing the whole together.

4. InaI railway trackfthe combination, with cross-ties, hard wood blocks supported thereby and metal lates resting upon the blocks, of rails, hard) wood wedge members interposed between the rails and plates, and means securin the whole to ether.

5. In a rai way track, t e combination, with cross-ties, hard thereby, blocks, of rails, wed e members interposed between the rails an plates, and means for securing the whole-together.

6. In a railway track, the combination,

with cross-ties` provided with recesses, hard,

wood blocks seated therein, and metal plates restingv upon the blocks, of rails, wedge members interposed between the rails and plates, and means for securing the whole together. l

7. In a railway track, the combination, with wood cross-ties provided lwith recesses wood blocks supportedv and metal plates resting on thessaeea of dove-tail cross section, and hard wood! tween the rails and blocks, and means'for `securing the whole together. i.

8. In a railway track, the combination, with cross-ties provided witl1 recesses of dove-tail cross section, hard wood blocks` iitted therein, and metal plates resting on the blocks, of rails, posed between the rails and plates, and means for securing the whole together.

9. In a railway track, the combination, with wood cross-ties provided on their upper ysurface with recesses of a dove-tail cross, sec-- tion, and hard wood .blocks fitted therein and extending above the surface of the'tie, with the transversely to that of the members interposed between th` rails and' plates, and means for securing the vwhole together.

10. In a railway' track, with cross-ties provided o their upper lsurface with recesses of doveail cross section, hard wood blocks fitted therein and extending above the level ofthe ties, andimetal plates resting on the blocks, of rails, wedge members. interposed between the rails. and plates, and means for securing the whole together. l f

11. In a railway track, 'the' combination, with cross ties provided with recesses of a dove-tail cross section, hard wood blocks fitted therein, and-metal plates resting on the blocks, of rails, wedge members interposed between the rails and plates, clamps engaging the rail foot, double pointed bolts having one end passing through the'blocks l into .engagement with the tie and the other end passin through. the clamps and tted with nuts or securing the wholejtogether.

12. Ina' railway track, the combination,V with cross-ties provided. with recesses of dove-tail cross section, hard wood blocks fitted therein, and metal plates resting' on the blocks, of rails, wedge members interposed between the rails and plates, clamps engagin the foot of the rails and the edges of the pilates to prevent lateral displacenient, 1 and means for securing the 13. In a railway with cross-ties,

of rails, wedge 4 thecombination,

Whole together. track, the combination, and relatively harder blocks resting thereon, of rails having corrugations -formed in the upper surface of the foot, clamps provided with corresponding corrugations for en aging the corrugations of the rail foot an with flanges for engagin the sides of the blocks to prevent lateral displacement, and means for securing the Whole together.

14. In a railway track, the combination, with cross-ties, provided with recesses of dove-tail cross section, hard wood blocks blocks fitted therein, with the grain of the blocks extending vtransverselyto that of the' ties of rails, wedge members mterposed be-' grain `of w the blocks .extending los fitted therein, and metal plates, resting on the plates and blocks into engagement with the blocks, of rsilsheving the upper surface the ties; and the other end through the of .the foot provided -with corrugations, clamps andA provided withnuts.

clamps provided with a: corrugated surface -I In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my 5 tpl eligsgfe the cprresporiiding corrugations lpf signature in the. presence of two witnesses. 15

t e mi oot an witi an es to 'enfrave t e sides of themetal plates a preventt laateral l ADAM RAMBACHER' displacement, Wedge members interposed Witnesses: between the rail foot and plates, and double 4ULYssEs J. BYWATER,

1 0 pointed bolts having one end passing through LOUISE F. MUELLER. 

